Definition of "downballot"

White won with 54 percent of the vote, and the Republicans failed to gain any downballot statewide offices.

2000, Roy R. Barkley, Mark F. Odintz, The Portable Handbook of Texas, page 99

There is some evidence, however, that downballot races can influence turnout.

2003, Kimberly Love Nalder, Democracy and the electoral consequences of term limits

Is there any precedent in Ohio for a downballot candidate receiving on a percentage or absolute basis so many more votes than the Presidential candidate of the same party in this or any other presidential election?

2009, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, Lessons learned from the 2004 presidential election, page 302

There is a substantial political science literature on the effects of presidential campaigns on downballot races.

2017, Amnon Cavari, Richard J. Powell, Kenneth R. Mayer, The 2016 Presidential Election